thas declared for a hard winter. 
_ Yiant as in any former season. 
will be finished in a short time. 
1825.) 
helpless woman will, in most cases, with 
the loss of strength and activity, have to 
Jament the departure of personal attrac- 
tions. : Seas 
Up to the present moment, the cases of 
Continued Fever have maintained the ratio 
of the time of the year. Scarlatina has 
‘been rather frequent among children, and 
some fatal cases of measles have been re- 
ported -to the Writer. ‘During’ the ast 
week or so, Catarh has prevailed exten- 
sively: the extraordinary vicissitudes of the 
atmospherical temperature, during this pe- 
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363 
riod, sufficiently account for this circum- 
stance. Inflammatory affections of the 
tonsils and larynx, and some formidable 
affections of the thoracic viscera, have fallen 
under the observation’ and treatment of the 
Reporter; and upon the whole, it would 
appear from the alternate mildness and 
severity of the weather, that the medical 
practitioner will not want objects upon 
‘which’ he may exert his professional skill. 
JAMES FIELD. 
Bolt Court, Fleet-street, 
Oct. 23, 1825. 
-~ MONTHLY AGRICULTURAL REPORT. 
ani 
HE routine of country business at 
this season has little variety of re- 
port. The late few days of chilling wea- 
ther haye given warning for winter quar- 
ters ; and he is a wise man who preserves 
his cattle in good case, from the rigours of 
that season. In such respect, the conti- 
nental farmers have ever been our supe- 
riors. A seer of much notoriety, it seems, 
Such 
an occurrence would undoubtedly be in 
turn, and proye a balance atmospheric. 
The English winter has, however, of late 
years, abated much of its pristine severity. 
We haye not since been braced by so in- 
tense a frost as that of the year 1739, 
when a Frost Fair was held upon the 
Thames. In all the early’ districts, wheat 
sowing has long since been finished, and 
the first-sown looks as healthy and luxu- 
In the cus- 
tomarily or accidentally late, this business 
The fal- 
lows work remarkably, indeed universally 
well. Wheat bearing so good a price, a 
' vast breadth will be sown throughout the 
island: on some lands where it had better 
be omitted. Never did the autumnal pas- 
tures look of a more beautiful green, or 
more luxuriant. This will greatly econo- 
+ mize a defective turnip crop, whilst it na- 
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turally keeps store-stock at a higher price. 
Seeds, potatoes and fruits have proved 
beyond expectation, from the genial cha- 
racter of the latter summer and autumn. 
Tares, and all spring cattle-crops, are at 
‘present in a flourishing state; as is the 
general, state of our country affairs, most 
happily, including the condition of the la- 
bourers, none of whom hitherto seem even 
to have dreamed of a strike. The miserable 
plan of broadcasting wheat. even yet en- 
slaves the majority; to which must be 
added, that the prevailing drill-system is 
inadequate to secure a clean tilth, Wheat 
sowing has.been remarkably early in Scot- 
land. Such is the mildness of the season, 
that our hospitable newspapers are con- 
stantly treating us with desserts of second 
crops of strawberries, cherries, and apples. 
Milch cows are in great request, and fat 
stock rivals the store in price. Wool is 
held up, and time will determine the value 
of that speculation. It would seem that 
they who held the opinion of a short stock 
of old wheat (on which we hesitated) 
judged correctly, from the great prices at 
this season: unless it be that the great 
Leviathan population prematurely devours 
all. They quote horses lowes in price, 
but not in the front ranks. It was 
said that both cart-horses and farm- 
ing implements had advanced unusually 
and greatly after Michaelmas—that the 
former relaxed a little from the Flemish 
import, but those horses have been readily 
sold, and the price is now, perhaps, as high 
as ever. Pigs likewise, though a stock so 
speedily multiplied, have maintained a high 
price for years. The bub and grub mono- 
poly, so the fancy have lately styled it, and- 
the advocates for free trade in the article of 
first necessity, have been for years at despe- 
rate quill-drawing, and the battle still rages ; 
but the issue, perhaps, will not be so soon 
decided as either party expects. It is re- 
ported that, on the meeting of Parliament, 
petitions for free trade in corn and provi- 
sions will flow in from every manufacturing 
town in the realm. : 
Smithfield : —Beef, 4s. Od. to 5s. 2d.— 
Mutton, 4s. Od. to 8s. 6d.—Veal, 5s. Od. 
to 6s. 6d.— Pork, 4s. Od. to 6s. 4d.—Dairy- 
fed, 5s. Od. to '7s. Od.—Lamb, 5s. 6d. to 6s. 
6d.— Raw Fat. 2s. 5d. 
Corn Exchange :—Wheat, 45s. to 805.— 
Barley, 32s. to 48s.—Oats, 25s. to. 35s,— 
Bread (London), 10d. the loaf of 4ib.— 
Hay, per load, 65s. to 105s.—Clover, ditto, 
80s. to 120s.—Straw, 38s. to 49s. 
Coals in the Pool, 34s. 6d. to 43s. Od. per 
Chaldron. 
Middlesex, Oct, 21st. 
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